Charles Ajunwa
The Director General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has called for reinforcement of the mutual cultural ties that exist between the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Federal Government of Nigeria, saying it should be explored for the benefits of both countries.
Otunba Runsewe stated this when the High Commissioner for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, His Excellency, Masudur Rahman, paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja.
Runsewe noted that Nigeria had benefited a lot from the mutual cultural relationship with Bangladesh in the areas of education, poverty eradication, trade and many more, adding that both countries share similar values and ideals as common members of the United Nations, Non Aligned Movement, D8 Group of Nations and others.
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OECD praises increase of Belgian development assistance in 2020 [EN/NL]
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Today, the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announces the figures for Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the past year. The most important donors for international cooperation are represented in this Development Assistance Committee.
In 2020, the total development assistance of DAC countries exceeded $161 billion, representing 0.32% of their combined Gross National Income (GNI). This is an increase of 3.5% compared to 2019 and is mainly due to additional efforts as a result of the Covid-crisis. Belgium is keeping pace with this OECD trend, seeing its ODA increase to $2.290 billion, representing 0.47% of GNI.
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